§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many pre-school children are at present in day nurseries; and what percentage this is of the total number of pre-school children; (2) what is the average number of children per nursery and what is the average staff to child ratio in (a) day nurseries and(b) public sector work place nurseries.
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§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not collected centrally in the form requested. The available information relating to the position in England as at 31 March 1983 is set out in the table.
Local authority day nurseries Other day nurseries Total Total expressed as a percentage of the population aged 0–14 Number of children on register 32,900 NA NA NA Number of places 29,262 22,625 51,887 1.8 Average number of places per nursery 44.6 28.3 35.6 Average number of staff* 0.3 NA NA NA Not available. * Expressed as whole time equivalents.